Technology News for Tuesday 18th March 2025

1. Report: OpenAI to Test Feature Connecting ChatGPT to Slack and Google Drive

This feature will enable the chatbot to access files, presentations, spreadsheets and Slack conversations in those accounts to answer questions, TechCrunch reported Monday (March 17), citing a document it viewed.

2. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2025 Roadmap

2024 was truly a meaningful year for PUBG. From the launch of Rondo to the destructible Sanhok, we introduced new systems, vehicles, weapons, and modes, pushing forward relentlessly. While preparing for the adoption of Unreal Engine 5, we aimed to minimize ...

3. Baby Tech: What Do New Parents Actually Need?

Welcome to another episode of Terms of Service. I'm Clare Duffy. And to kick off today's episode, I have CNN Audio's senior producer, Haley Thomas, back with me. Loyal listeners might remember Haley from a previous episode we did about how to manage ...

4. 32.0 Patch Notes

The Into the Emerald Dream Pre-Release Tavern Brawl begins tomorrow, with Patch 32.0, and runs until expansion launch on March 25. Crack open your packs early, build a deck, and compete in a mini competition to win more Into the Emerald Dream prizes!

5. 2025 Game Developers Conference kicks off in San Francisco, US

People experience new games during the 2025 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, the United States, March 17, 2025. The 2025 GDC runs from March 17 to 21 in San Francisco. (Photo by Andrea Chen/Xinhua). People experience new games during ...

6. Google announces new health-care AI updates for Search

The company unveiled a new feature called "What People Suggest," which uses AI to pull together online commentary from patients with similar diagnoses. A patient with arthritis would be able to look up how other people with the condition approach exercise, ...

7. Authors await overdue payments as publisher Unbound goes into administration

The unique selling point of the publisher, launched in 2011 by QI researchers John Mitchinson and Justin Pollard, and Crap Towns author Dan Kieran, was that it allowed writers to pitch ideas online directly to readers.

8. How BYD's Five-Minute EV Charging Stacks Up Against Rivals

BYD showcased the upgrade to its EVs (the Shenzhen-based automaker also makes hybrid cars) at an event March 17 in China. The so-called Super e-Platform features flash-charging batteries, a 30,000-rpm motor and new silicon carbide power chips.

9. Lackluster Assassins Can't Outshine the Beauty of Feudal Japan

The stories of vengeance in Assassin's Creed Shadows, which follows an African-born samurai and a young shinobi, are less compelling than its vibrant world.

10. Assassin's Creed Shadows review: Out of touch with the series' history

Stealth isn't an option for Yasuke. Neither is parkour, because he's lumbering and unable to use the grappling hook, which makes him almost useless for exploring the world. The AI enemies know how ...

11. The Rocket-Less Future of Space Travel

Imagine taking an elevator to space. Or blasting off in a nuclear rocket. That might sound like science fiction, but scientists are racing to develop new, more efficient methods of space travel - and some pretty wild ideas are on the table.

12. Nvidia Is Hosting the Super Bowl of AI

In 2009, when Nvidia held its first developer conference, the event was something of a science fair. Dozens of academics filled a San Jose, Calif., hotel decorated with white poster boards of computer research. Jensen Huang, the chipmaker's chief ...

13. Microsoft quantum computing claim still lacks evidence: physicists are dubious

In front of a packed room at a meeting of the American Physical Society (APS), Chetan Nayak, a theoretical physicist leading Microsoft's quantum computing effort in Redmond, Washington, explained how the company is developing topological qubits, which ...

14. NVIDIA Announces DGX Spark and DGX Station Personal AI Computers

DGX Spark — formerly Project DIGITS — and DGX Station™, a new high-performance NVIDIA Grace Blackwell desktop supercomputer powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra platform, enable AI developers, researchers, data scientists and students to prototype, fine- ...

15. The Pebble E-Paper Smartwatch Is Back. Just Don't Call It Pebble

Pebble's founder is back with a company called Core Devices and two familiar smartwatches—Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2—but this time he's only making roughly 10,000 units of each.

16. Shaping the Future of Work: HP Amplify 2025

Enhances AI-powered insights in Workforce Experience Platform (WXP) to improve IT and employee experiences. Optimizes gameplay with OMEN AI on the new OMEN 16 Slim Gaming Laptop, and HyperX Cloud III S Wireless ...

17. China EV maker BYD says new cars can be charged in 5 minutes

BYD's new 1 megawatt flash chargers can power vehicles in five to eight minutes, according to the company, which plans to build 4,000 new charging stations across China. Long charge times and so- ...

18. What is EV maker BYD and can its batteries really charge in five minutes?

The first models to have the super-fast charging technology will be the Han L saloon and the Tang L SUV. At megawatt speed, the new cars achieve “the same speed of oil and electricity” in terms of charging time.